Dammit, migraine! Didn't acupuncture help you last time, Steph?

It did, but this is the first migraine I've had in quite a while, plus we leave Friday morning for vacation, so I wouldn't have time to go to the acupuncturist even if she could fit me in tomorrow. I'm hoping this is just a one-off from the stress of the root canal and getting ready for vacation, and when it's gone, it's gone.

I just wish it were gone now.

I think the red streak sounds kind of serious, smonster.

connecting to a red streak running down my arm. That area is very painfully tender, and I can't straighten my arm above my head.

That sounds like you got bitten by something, or had a mysterious puncture wound/scrape/etc. Red streak running down your arm is worrisome. I think that's a go-to-urgent-care symptom.

t edit Red streak x-post! We know our worrisome shit 'round these parts.

Strix, I missed what happened, but I'm sorry; nothing bad should ever happen to you, dammit.

Just got off the phone with doctor friend. I need to go in tomorrow. If I start feeling feverish, have numbness or tingling in my arm, shortness of breath, etc, I need to go in tonight. And she recommended I mark the borders with a sharpie. Whee!

Health ~ma, smonster, that sounds scary. Me, I'd be a weenie and go tonight anyway.

There's a small chance it's a blood clot - I've been using this e-cigarette, and so may have been getting *more* nicotine than when I smoked, and I wasn't thinking about the fact that nicotine is what doesn't play well with birth control. Um. Duh.

Well, at least StW isn't an ER doc, so little to no chance of running into him unless I got admitted. (I know. Silly thing to worry about right now)

Shit, smonster- you want a ride to the hospital?

Darling, smonster, get checked out. Red streaks can be scary and we want you safe and healthy.

Migraine will never leave. I'm going to have to drill a hole in my skull.

Trepanation is not the answer. Or so people keep telling me. I think they lie.